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Topic: PaintExpo trade fair for industrial coating (19-22 April 2016)

Painting and coating processeswith improved quality and flexibility at lower costs per piece

When it comes to painting and coating processes, the aim around theglobe is to cut unit costs while simultaneously improving quality, productivityand sustainability. PaintExpo will be presenting solutions that focus onachieving these aims. Ten months before it is due to start, the trade fairalready has over 300 companies on its list of exhibitors (status as of 15thJune 2015). The leading international trade fair for industrial coatingtechnology will be held at the fairground in Karlsruhe in Southern Germany from19th to 22nd April 2016. The wide range of exhibits onshow varies from pretreatment right through to quality control and packaging.

Regardless of the branch of industryconcerned and the coating materials used, contract coaters and in-housepainting companies throughout the world are faced with the challenge of makingprocesses more efficient and sustainable. This can only be achieved by using aslittle material and energy as possible to generate the required surface qualityas well as by maximizing productivity. To meet these requirements, from 19thto 22nd April 2016 PaintExpo will be presenting products andservices along the entire process chain for wet painting, powder coating andcoil coating. These will be presented in such a diversity that has never seenanywhere else in the world. For this reason, by mid-June over 300 companiesfrom 19 countries had already confirmed bookings for their booths at theleading international trade fair for industrial coating technology in Karlsruhe(Germany). “But it’s not just the facts and figures that please us. We alsohave well-known companies who have registered for the forthcoming PaintExpo forthe first time. That is why we can already say today that practically allmarket and technology leaders will be present in Karlsruhe,” reported JürgenHaussmann, Managing Director of FairFair GmbH and organizer of PaintExpo.”

Solutions from pretreatment to final inspectionIn all probability, in-housepainting companies and contract coaters will find the solutions they need atthe forthcoming PaintExpo. Due to their energy-saving potentials and improvedenvironmental compatibility, nano-based systems are increasingly being favoredby all sectors of industry for the pretreatment of metal substrates. When itcomes to cleaning and pretreating plastic components, alternative technologies- such as CO2 snow-jet cleaning, plasma-cleaning and steam-cleaning -are becoming more and more popular. These technologies can be integrated intopainting lines to save on costs, energy consumption and space.

Manufacturers are offering equipmentand optimization concepts as solutions to cope with ever-smaller batch sizesand the ever-growing color spectrum. Aimed at flexibility and efficiency, theseguarantee an optimum quality of coatings. New developments in dryingtechnologies and feeding systems are helping to reduce energy consumption andthus lower costs per piece. Both are designed to minimize conditioned air andheat losses. Cost savings are also being made through the use of “off-the-peg”painting robots and automation solutions, which enable paint to be applied moreaccurately and reject rates to be decreased. Another way of reducing materialconsumption and increasing flexibility is to implement intelligent paintlogistics with paint supply systems.

Promising developments are currentlybeing made in the field of wet painting – with regard to both metal and plasticsubstrates – and also in coating systems, with the goal of reducing the numberof process steps required. Efforts to replace solvent paints with water-based alternativesalso continue unceasingly. The current trend in powder paints is towardssystems which enable thinner, high-quality and highly-resistant layers to beproduced. Coating systems which crosslink at lower curing temperatures also continueto be a priority.

This is also the range of exhibitsthat will be on show at the 3rd PaintExpo Eurasia, trade fair forindustrial coating technology in Istanbul, Turkey, from 15thto 17th October 2015. The Eurasian offshoot is mutuallyorganized by FairFair GmbH and Artkim Fuarcilik.

For further information and apreliminary list of exhibitors, see www.paintexpo.de

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